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- Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own. — Ambrose Bierce
- I'm of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese descent, and was raised on Hawaii. — Tia Carrere
- I am aware that the conclusions arrived at in this work will be denounced by some as highly irreligious; but he who… — Charles Darwin
- Within the period of human history we do not know of a single instance of the transformation of one species into another… — Thomas Hunt Morgan
- Boys, the first drink is a boon, the second is a gamble, the third is poor judgment, and then the rate of… — Garrison Keillor
- As to those other things which we hold on the authority, not of Scripture, but of tradition, and which are observed throughout… — Saint Augustine
- From yon blue heavens above us bent The gardener Adam and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe'er it… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Our Lord's descent from the holy heights of the Mount of Transfiguration was more than a physical return from greater to lesser… — James E. Talmage